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Section 18 of the Adoption Act 1955 explicitly stated that adoption orders under the Act applied
to Māori and sections 19(1) and (2) of the Act effectively provided that customary Māori
adoption (whāngai) carried out since the commencement of the Native Lands Act was not legally
binding.
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An index of past and present judicial officers of
the Māori Land Court and Native Land Court
1 May 2018
Judicial officers of the Native Land Court from 1864 to 1947
Judge Date appointed
John Rogan 25 June 1864 (President)
9 January 1865 (Judge)
Wiremu Tipene 25 June 1864
Matikikuha 25 June 1864
Te Keene of Orakei 25 June 1864
Tamati Reweti 25 June 1864
George Clarke 25 October 1864 (President)
9 January 1865 (Judge)
Hone Mohi Tawhai 25 Oc...
For example, an
application for succession will require a
death certificate, any grant of administration
(probate 2 or letters of administration 3) or the
original will, minutes of a whānau meeting if
a whānau trust is required and consents of
the proposed trustees.
He tauira tēnei, ko te tono
mō ngā pānga whenua o te tangata mate,
me whai tiwhikete rēhitatanga o te matenga
o taua tangata rā, he tuku whakahaerenga
(tono whakamau wira 2, ngā reta tuku
whakahaere 3 rānei), te wira tuatahi rānei,
ngā kōrero mai i te hui ā-whānau mēnā kei
te whakatūria he rōpū Kaitiaki Whānau, arā
Whānau Trust me ngā whakaaetanga o ngā
tāngata ka whakaingoatia ki runga ki te trust.
Ka
taea e ngā rōpū tikanga kaitiaki pēnei me
ngā rōpū kaitiaki tikanga ā whānau, ngā rōpū
kaitiaki pūtea 2 me ngā rōpū kaitiaki 3 anō, te
mahi ki raro i te marara o te kaporeihana Māori.
Ko te ritenga kaitiaki 2 ko ngā
kawenga mō ngā tāngata kaitiaki.
He tautuhinga ture
Ko te tautuhinga o te ritenga kaitiaki he
kawenga ōrite 3 e here ana i te tangata (te
tangata kaitiaki) ki te whakahaere i ngā
ritenga o te whenua kei raro nei i tōna mana
(te whenua kaitiaki) hei painga hoki mō
tētahi atu tangata (ngā tāngata whai pānga)
e āhei nei tētahi o rātou ki te whakatū atu i
te kawenga nā tō rātou whai pānga 4.
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Notification of applications that remain
outstanding in the office of the Chief
Registrar, Wellington
July 2023
TAKE NOTICE THAT the following schedule of applications, currently held in the Office of the Chief
Registrar in Wellington, received up to the panui closing date of 11th of May 2023, are hereby
notified, pursuant to rules 3.18, 5.3 and 8.2(3) of the Māori Land Court Rules 2011, as being
outstanding and have yet to be determined or set down for inqu...